China - U.S.
Center for Sustainable
Development is the sister
organization of ICSD in
Portland, Oregon. It was
formed by the Chinese Ministry
of Science and Technology and
the State of Oregon, USA in
1999, during Premier Zhu
Rongji's visit to the United
States. The explicit goals of
the Center are to leverage
resources, steadily accelerate
the pace of sustainable
development cooperation and
achieve innovative results.
The Portland Center is working
to engage the business sector
in trade and investment
activities that advance
sustainable development
practices and generate market
return.

The work of the
Center is led by the
co-secretariats. In China,
China's Administrative Center
for Agenda 21 is the
secretariat. In the United
States, the International
Sustainable Development
Foundation (
www.isdf.org ), a 501 (c)
non-profit corporation, is the
secretariat.

The Rodale Institute is a
global organization based in
Pennsylvania, USA, focused on
the two most fundamental
components of life on Earth:
food and health. Regenerative
agriculture can, in many ways,
help to fulfill human's basic
need for healthy food. For
more than half a century, the
Rodale Institute has advocated
organic and regenerative food
production techniques around
the world and an emphasis on a
decentralized system that
relies on family farms and
gardens for fresh, seasonal
produce. Regenerative methods
embrace the union of
agriculture, conservation and
good health practices to
create an integrated system
that affects every aspect of
production and consumption -
from healthy soil to healthy
food to healthy people.

ICSD is working
with the Rodale Institute
to implement sustainable
agriculture techniques in our
projects.